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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28
s.erednss. Of Land p.tsnts.

Washington Special: To it's degree In the
Maxwell lane grant matter the supreme
court appended some general Instructions
to lower courts upon the nature and i'm
portance Of n land patent hat will do
much to clear away a fog that has surround.
ed this instrument While IL atirms EN-.
phatically the right and jurisdiction oil a
court to investigate and grant relief where
the issue OF a patent has been based
upon fraud or mistake. il draws
the attention Of courts to the fact that the
patent Is The highest evidence OF title as
well against the United States as against
a private individual. It's effect upon the
rulings OF the interior department in land
matters, is thus stated by one OF the prin-
cipal law clerks OF the assistant attorney
generals Office, whose duty it is to write
decisions for the secretary's signature, and
to recommend the bringing OF suits for the
ahnulment OF patents:
1t will not change greatly our ours OF
proceedings here, for this Office has at oil
times been exceedingly careful In it's recon-
mendations for suits OF this character.
Patents cannot he attacked upon trivial
charges or mere reports by special agents,
and we reaIuire tbs afiidavits Of at least
two reputable WITNESSES to a charge OF
fraud before we will recommend suit to set
aside a patent. IL is true that
the general land office holds that
any technical violation OF law IN
s~titutes fraud, and insists that the trans
fer o, the land on the day OF proving up
shall invalidate title, and If discovered aft
erward is ample testimony upon which to
base suit to set aside a patent. This OF.
fee does not agree to that, however, and
on no such evidence would it recommend
such u suit. This is no reason why suits
10 set aside patents held by lumber and
iron companies charged with aequir
ing land through the settlement OF
individuals cannot be success.
fully maintained. We are governed
here entirely by rulings OF the supreme
court, and the case OF Myers We. Croft, in
which the court held hat the transfer of
land upon the very day of final proof, II
the transfers. proved up With clean hands,
must convey n title which can never be at
tackled, has been the basis OF our action.
the decision in the Maxwell case will do
much to enhance the sacredness of the pat
emit and discourage petty attacks upon til
ties which may be open 10 some technical
bbietti6n. 1t also as a Consequences in
ereases Importance OF the final receipt as a
basis OF title.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28

Few people realize the load that a
thoroughly equipped soldier is obliged
to carry. Capt. Taylor, Of the Ord.
nance Department, has recently made
q computation. which shows that the
aeight carried by a soldier equipped
with rod bayonet, rifle and cartridge.
belt. three days cooked rations and
LOO rounds of ball cartridges and COM
pete "kit" of clothing, is So pounds,
ass ounces; with Springfield rife.
b,lyonet, scabbard, cartridge-boxes
and leather belt, clothing and am
munition, DC, is "a pounds 1.s5
ptlnces; with Springfield rife. bayonet,
scsbbard, cartridge, belt, clothing, am
nlinition, &c, is 90 pounds 1896
ounces.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28
heath Of Vicar General.

Mgr. Quinn, vicar general OF the diocese
OF New York, died in Paris. His death
was the result of general dibility rather
than any specific disease. He had not
enjoyed good health for a long time before
luis departure for Europe last June. His
body will be brought to New York and the
funeral will take place at the cathedral.
William Qninn was born in eountyDone-
gal, Ireland, May n, 1921. 1.-THE age OF
20 he came 20 New York. Alter completinga
course OF study, he was raised to the priest
hood in 1916. He was present at the first
provincial council in New York in 1854,
and at the second p,enary council in Bal.
timore in 1866, which he attended as theo-
legian OF the archbishop o. San Francisco
and performed some important labors in
regard to secret societies and other subjects.
At the third New York synod IN 1868 he
was one OF the procurators OF the clergy.
In May, 1873, he was appointed the pas.
tor OF the cathedral and vicar general of
the diocese. He was made a domestic pre-
late by tie pope IT, 1882.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28

Hts estate consists largely OF securities
Of various kinds. Outside OF his
rdaenifcent residence on Grand venue
the chamber OF N and
Mitchell bank buildings he has eompar-
atively small landed possessions. he
Ii known to have left n win. John i.
Mitchell, Mr.. Mitchell's only soa, has ire
quentIy been spoken of as a possible sue
cessor OF his father. II has been rumor-
ed that the general Offices OF the road
would be removed to Chicago on
Mr.. Mitcheli's demise. The charter OF
the company, however, s~tipulatcs their To-
| cation in Wisconsin and the president
must also be a resident OF that state. 1t
is thought that John Plankinton of Mil
waukee or Phil. d. Armour OF Chicago,
both OF whom are heavily interested IN
the st. Paul, will succeed Mr.. Mitchell,
but Armou says he viii not accept.
In the Marine and Fire Insurance bank,
OF which Mr.. Mitchell owned 90 OF 100
shares, John Johnston is likely to be Mr..
Mitchell's successor. Mr.. Mitchell is survived
by a wife, who is at present at
her Floridian villa; o SON., John l.. and an
adopted daughter, Mrs. DIR. Mackie of this
city, and a sister and brother living in
Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
Alexander Mitchell was born Oct. 18th,
1917, in the parish OF Elton, Central Aber-
Ccenshlre, ScOJlanu. GliOn ID dOOub miu-
way between Aberdeen and Peterhead, and
six or eight miles back from the North sea
coast. In this quiet farming region his
father, John Mitchell, was an Industrious
substantial farmer, a man oil vigorous In
telleet, seli-feliance and probity.
In May, 1889, Mr.. Mitchell, then in his
twenty second year, came to the United
States and settled in Milwaukee, then a
village OF about 1900 inhabitants. He
and Mr.. Smith began business as the Wis
consin Marine and Fire Insurance compa-
ny, and were wonderfully successful from
the start.
1t is not too much to say thatto him, far
more han to any other man, living ordead,
Milwaukee owes her prosperity, and al
most her very existence. as anything more
than n small provincial town. And not
only is this true OF Milwaukee, but OF Wis
consin, iowa, Minnesota and Dakota also.
To Mr.. Mitchell's fine management, aided
by s. s. Merrill and his associates, is due
the success OF this vast railway enterprise.
In religion he was a Presbyterian for some
time, but latterly was vestryman of st,
jam ss. Episcopal church, Milwaukee! Mr..
Mitchell was married Oct. z, 1871 to Miss
Martha Reed, tho daughter OF Seth Reed,
one OF the pioneers OF Milwaukee.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28
Hits the Bear i'm the Eve.

Owing to the large crop Of mast in
the western range OF the Sierra Terra
Nate this season silver-tip bears are
very numerous, writes a Carmen, Mex
leo, correspondent of the New Yo,s
Sun. In size they run from 200 to
1000 pounds. They are very savage
and, like their alleged ancestors, the
grizzly, they are susceptible to insult.
Ii there is anything that annoys a
huge silver-tip it is for a hunter to in
wade his cave and disturb him in his
winter nap. Knowing this it takes a
man ofperyeto climb up the steep sides
OF arocky canyon, andcrawl onhands
n knees into a cave known to he
inhabited by his bearship. In these
parts there is just one man who looks
upon such undertakings as a picnic
This is John L. Bridges, one Of Ger
Custer's old scouts. He is a dead.
shot, a man without fear and what
some folks call foolhardy. For MANY
years he was a detective in the Rockv
mountain outfit, and Travelled exten.
sively through the wilderness of the
west. Recently he has drifted into
Mexico, whero he has been devot;ne
his time to hunting.
The other day Mr.. Bridges and a
friend were out camping in the mount.
aims, shooting Whitehall deer in a
growth OF scrub liveoak. Every few
steps along the arroyo there were
signs OF bear and fresh tracks. In the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28

The New York legislature is wrest-
ling with a bill "to authorize and pro-
vide for the probate of wills during
the lifetime of the tesator." Such q
law now exists in Michigan. where It's
operation has been more or less sat
isfactory. II any contests are to be
6led under this law the tesator him.
self is there to see it done and to prove
to the satisfaction of everybody but
the complainant that he is compos
menSis. Moreover, by not accepting
undo r the viii: the complainant runs
the risk of the testator drawing up
another document in which heis who'll
ly forgotten. 1t gives a man an OPP
portunity at any rate to discover
what his heirs think OF him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28

clubbing seasonthis isa very danp<..
place to pass through, shejunpls
so thick. The morning wascoof &
skim OF thin ice spread over the
holes. Knowing that tho beaFs 8 {
probably "holed up" in articipas
ofrhe cold snap, Mr.. Bridges VEN
poking his nose into every eaves,
the volcanic rock sides Of the cam.
At last he spied what appeared g
a assure way up in the steep CO..
side, some 150 feet above the -.
trail at the bottom of the VALLEY n
look was sufficient to make him
TO his companion. There is !
bear up in that hole. Go m $
shoot it."
Bridges friend took a LOOK 81 q;
almost perpendicular hillside, a. z
same time experiencing n suddsn 8
crease in years and weight.
"It's too steep to climb, isn't IL
he said.
"Oh, no." replied Bridges in .
per; put your rife on the ledge. IT,
yourself up, do it again. and Won
crawl on your hands and knees r.s:
rest of the way. You will have Ia 4.
down into the cave, and after wa;t:
a while you will see the bearsss5
shine. Then shoot the old SON &
gun in the eye"
"But suppose ] don't nit him in d
eye," suggested the other.
"But you must" said the see,1
"Go on"
1t Is q disagreeable thing for
ons to weaken at any time, but -
cially FOR any one when he is out hass
ing with an old hunter of BRIDGES
nown. But the hillside now loot'
like a wall and the cave big enousb :
hold a family ofelephants. SoBrd.'
partner said: 81 don't want ~
Jack; get him yourself"
The old man never saba word. n.
climbed up the .steep rocks lise I
squirrel and disappeared into tneesv,
Several minutes passed; then a is;sS
crack was heard in the mounts;,
Some pale blue smoke dritted ous !;
the mouth of the csye, and ~
Bridges came out and quietly drouass
down the hillside. 1t took three srs!
TO drag the bear out of the cave. n
him over the wall rock, and roll n
down to the trail. He weighed 81
pounds, and was shot in the left ~
Bridges has not referred to the mai
ter since.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28

South America is attracting the at
tention of SPECTATORS in all parts of
the world. The Argentine Republic
hasa great boom. 1t is building up an
imnsnse trade in meat products. Two
vessels recently carried 10000 sheep
rom Buenos Ayres to England. A
European syndicate with a capital of
30, ooo. 900 viii soon establish a great
produce market on the banks OF the
Riachuelo river.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28

Gen. Sherman invites the publica-
cation of any letters official or per-
l,onal. that he may have written to
Zen. Logan, only suggesting "that the
letter and answer be published togeth-
or as more satisfactory to the honest
reader. A paragraph here and a par
igraph there is as much a forgery as
the raising OF a check" The last is
not only a just but is a very crispy
sentence. Gen. Sherman knows how
TO write such sentences, as allfamiliar
sith his compositions viii readily
admit.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28
Gen. W. W. AyeriIl. who WAS one q

Gen. W. w. Averill, who was one Of
the most gallant cavalry command
ers in the Union Army during the war,
has accepted an invitation to partic.
ipate in the ceremonies OF Confederate
Decoration Day at Stanton, Va, on
the 9th of June. In accepting the in.
vitation, Gen. Ayerill says he isfilled
with the liveliest anticipations OF the
pleasure he will experience in meeting
some of those gallant soldiers among
the survivors whose names and deeds
are indelibly impressed on his memo,
nv"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28
ALEXANDER MITCHELL DEAD.
lie Dies Suddenly In New York the 10th inst
Heart Trouble OF Long Duration Followed BY
Pneumonia the Cause.

v
Pneumonia the Cause.
New York Special: Alexander Mitchell,
The famous millionaire and railway mag.
nate oil the northwest, died rather sudden
ly at the Hoffman house at 2:25 on the
afternoon OF the 10th. OF bronchial pneu.
monia. complicated by intermittent ma
larial lever.
He had been spending some time in Jack
s~onville, Florida, and its vicinity, where
he owns in conjunction with his wife a
magnificent range plantation, and while
there he had insisted on getting up and
taking early morning walks every day be-
foFe the heavy dew of that region hEd been
dissipated. In this way he contracted ma.
laria and when he returned to New York
he was quite i'll and afterwards caught
u severe cold which developed into cap
Hilary bronchitis and finally it terminated
in pneumonia. Mr.. Mitchelrs soi and
the latter's wife were at the Holman house
with their father, and when the illness oil
the elder Mitchell developed seriously DIR.
Mackie, who married a niece of the mill
ionaire and who was his family physician,
came on with his wife from
Milwaukee to the bedside OF the
patient. Affairs seemed to mend. how
ever, until this morning, after Mr.. Mitchell
had partaken OF his breakfast OF oat meal.
and then he grew suddenly worse. The oat
meal was not digested, and the fact agra
waited the phenumonic symphonic, and f.
nally produced failure OF the functions of
the heart and death. He had for some
time previously been troubled with inpeded
action OF the heart.
There were present besides the attending
physicians when Mr.. Mitchell breathed his
last, his son, John L. Mitchell, and the lat
ter's wife and little children. Albert Bier
stadt, the artist, Mrs. Mackie, Supt.
Miller, OF the Milwaukee and Saint
Paul road, OF which Mr.. Mitchell was
president. Rev. DIR. Keene of Milwaukee,
the almost constant companion OF Mr..
Mitchell on his various iourneyings, An.
drew j.. Aikens, the editor OF the Evening
Wisconsin OF Milwaukee and a warm per.
sonal friend OF the deceased, the latter's
two Wallets and others. The scene was al
iecting, and prayer was offered by DR..
Keene. His remains we're taken to Nil.
for interment.
Dispatches from Milwaukee: Mr.. Mitch.
ellis wealth is variously estimated at from
twelve to forty millions. II is probable
that the first figure IL more nearly
than the latter. In fact. 1t Is even
likely that $12, 900. 900 win prove
to DO too high a figure. Mr..
has notduring late years been
Ms heavy n holder Of st. Paul railway
stock as IN former years, and has not In
rrea<rd his Investments In other fields.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28
Third Regiment of Infantry.

An order from the sdjutant general an
nounces that for purposes OF administra-
ton and discipline, the ten companies OF
reserve militia are constituted a regiment
to he known as the Third Regiment OF In
iantry, Minnesota National Guard. The
companies to be officially known and des-
ignated rs follows.
A-St. Cloud Guards-Capt. Andrew Lar.
son: californian Rifles, st. Paul: c.
st. Paul Sons OF Veterans: D-Zumbrota
Guards: E-0watonna Sons of Veterans:
F-Luverne Guards. G-Crookston
Rifles, H--Morriston Sons OF Veterans,
OF Veterans, ADA Guards. k-Brain-
erd Reserve Company, Frederick p.
Wright Of st. Paul. lieutenant colonel and
inspector general is appointed colonel OF
the Third regiment. Hereafter no person
discharged from the militis forces CT the
state 'for the good OF the service shall
be re-enlisted In the same without
authority from these headquarters.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28
Divorce suits in Chicago are now
designated as amisftsin matrimony."

Colorado Is already receiving a
dood OF tourists and expects a great
increase as the warm season APP
proaches, but the papers complain OF
the dearth OF actual settlers. Tourists
Eil the cars and hotels, but the state
at large does not reap thereform the
Substantial benefits that would oc.
cur from permanent residents and
producers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28

Secretary Lamar issued an order direct.
ing the commissioner OF the general land
office to proceed with surveys OF land in
the Turtle Mountain district. The decis.
ion rendered by him directing Sparks TO 20
on with these surveys, does not argue the
indian question with Mr.. Sparks, nor does
IL consider possible fraud in the surveys.
it plainly intimates that the Indian title
by reason OF occupation is too remote TO
stang IN the way OF public policy, and that
Mr.. Teller's reason for returning this sur.
plus land to the public domain is sufficient
Tor all reasonable minds. As Secretary
Muldrow says, a tract of country ms large
as Delaware is therefore open to public
settlement.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28
Lieutenant Danenhover Commits Suicide.

Lieut. John W. DanenhoN6ti OF Arstie
lame. was discovered at 10 O'Clock last
Wednesday 20 inst, near by his quarters
at the naval academy Annapolis Nd, with
a bullet hole in right temple. A tag tied
to his button-hole said: "Send to my broth.
er at Washington" Although he had
had mental troubles since he returned from
the Arctic regions, what Immediately led
to the suicide is thought to have been the
recent grounding oil the Constellation, Of
which he had charge, on it's way to Nor.
folk, and for which it is supposed he had a
lear of being eourt-martialed. Further.
more no was very intimate with
young Robert w. Gatewood, OF the
naval academy, who recently committed
suicide on the steamer Carolina and whom
he saw in death. 1t is supposed that this
death suggested the mode to him.. His wife
is absent with her parents at Oswego, NY.
Lieut.. Danenhower was an intelligent and
polished officer.
The ne Us created a sensation in the navy
department, and was a subject OF general
conversation among the officers and en-
ployes, who recalled certain incidents in the
past life OF the lieutenant in explanation oil
his suicide. A few days ago he was at Nor
folk, Va, looking after the equipment ofthe
practice ship Constellation, and it is now
recalled dy officers who met him at the ma
Wy yaru lnbb ne was very mOTOSe anu us
traught, and the opinion was freely ex-
pressed that he was suffering from an at
tack OF his old mRlady. Not the slightest
doubt is felt at the department OF his in.
sanity when he tool his life, as he was very
happy in all his domestic relations, and
his future prospects were OF the brightest.
Lieut.. Danenhower a born 81 years
ago in Illinois, and entered the naval ser.
vice in 1866. He was among the first Of
the officers who volunteered to go uponthe
Jeanette Arctic expedition. On July /,
1879, the Jeanette sailed from San Fran
cisco on a North Polar expedition by way
Of Behring strait. The crushing of the
Jeanette in the pack ice, the separation in
a gale OF the three boats containing the
officers and crews, the starvation of Cap
tain De Long and the boats crew, the loss
OF Lieut.. Chipp's boat, aud the terrible
sufferings and final rescue OF Melyille's
party, are matters OF history.
The trial OF the brakeman Henry Scawartz
and Newton Watt, for the murder OF Elk.
press Messenger kellogg Nichols, came to
an end at Morris, III. Tn o case was given
to the jury at 4. p. m. A recess was taken
pending the jury's deeisio n. After being
out five hours and ten mi uutes the jury
wore ready with n verdict. The judge. tax.
ing the verdict, read aloud q 70 words pro-
nounoing Watt and Schwartz, guilty OF the
murder and sentencing them 10 lmprison.
mont In thepenitsntiary for lits IS
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28

P~ostofices established: Dakota: Buffa.
10 Center, Buffalo county. Minnesota.
E~odvane, Marshall county. Wisconsin:
Hager City, Pierce county. Postmasters
eommissioned-Dakota: Lakeport, A. r.
Peiier; Wisconsin: ogdensburg, Z. Lyons.
poarth-ciass postmasters appointed
Kelly, j. NJ. Tanner. Montana: piamond
Sity, a, W. Shredder; Rimlni, Susan II
MeNsili' Younger, NJ. G. Howard.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28

The emigration from Europe this
year promises to be extraordinary.
Ireland is pouring out her tens Of
thousands and transportation facul-
ties are severity taxed. The assert.
ment OF foreigners whom we receive
yearly is much more varied than it
was q few years ago, and the mum.
hers arriving from each of the coun-
tries which contribute to our popula-
ton is more nearly equalized. Great
Britain and Ireland lead, OF course,
the United Kingdom, sending about
one hundred and twenty-five thous-
and last year, the largest number, 50,
422comingfrom England, SO, 912 from
Ireland, and 1920 from Scotland.
Germany sent Sc, 3O1. The number OF
Swet es who camelas asst year was 32, 222.
Italians were numerous, too, 3o,472,
and Russia sent or rather permitted
to escape, $3.50. The N~orwegians
I3, sl5e, the Hungarians 1910, and
Austrians 1888. This year the
above figures will be largely increased.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28

Thu people OF Iowa like those OF
other Western states, desired to exer.
else some regulation over the Eastern
corporations that do business in their
state land they objected to the .eder.
al law which gives the corporations
the right, when sued in a state court.
to trinsfer the action to a United
States court. 1t makes the corpora
ton Independent of the state in which
it does a profitable business. The
Iowa legislature attempted to get
round the law by passing an act requir.
ing that before ar out side corpora
ton shall be allowed to cor.
duct business in Iowa it shall take
out a permit, and one of the condi.
tions of this permit is that the cor.
poration shall pledge itself, when sued
by a citizen, to meet the trial in a
state court and not ask fosits remoy-
al to the federal tribunal. The cor.
porat:ons resisted this act and made
. case which was carried to the su.
preme court at Washington-and that
body has just decided against the
state. 1t declares that the Iowa law
= unco Institutional and void, because
It requires the outside corporation to
secure q permit In order to exercise
rights Guaranteed by the constitution
and. laws Of tile United States.